Remember Anna Chapman and those 10 other Russian sleeper agents arrested last year?
Following a public records request by the Associated Press, the FBI on Monday released video, surveillance photos and documents related to the over-decade long “Operation Ghost Stories,” which led to the arrest of the spies in June 2010.The operation followed the 11 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) operatives, called “illegals” because the deep-cover assignment had them pose as civilians instead of operating through Russian embassies or the military. Some of the spies settled down in the suburbs and raised families. Chapman, who became the face of the ring after the arrests, had a real-estate company and perhaps played her role of New York City socialite a little too well.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=105060